Suillus cavipes
Species of fungus
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Suillus cavipes, commonly known as the hollow foot[2] is a species of mushroom in the genus Suillus.[3] The epithet cavipes (Latin: 'hollow foot') refers to the hollow stem.[4]
| Suillus cavipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Suillaceae |
| Genus: | Suillus |
| Species: | S. cavipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Suillus cavipes | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Boletus cavipes Opat. (1836) | |
| Suillus cavipes | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is edible |
The brownish cap is up to 12 centimetres (4+3⁄4 in) wide, dry, fibrillose, sometimes with veil remnants on the edge.[2] The pores are buff and usually decurrent.[2] The stipe is up to 9 cm long and 2 cm thick, yellowish above, sometimes with a slight ring, and cap-colored below.[2] The flesh is whitish and firm.[2]
It is found in Europe and North America. It is associated with larch in the Pacific Northwest.[4] It is edible.[2]
